Laura-Ioana Pătraș
Babeș-Bolyai University
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About
First Name
Laura-Ioana
Last Name
Pătraș
University
Babeș-Bolyai University
Current position
Postdoctoral researcher
Assistant Professor / Lecturer
Email
laura.patras@ubbcluj.ro
Researcher Identification
ResearcherID
Researcher ID
C-4477-2017
Keywords
Cancer research; Extracellular vesicles; Glycobiology; Cancer Immunology; Cancer Therapy.
Health related-scientific domains
Life Sciences related to Health
Research expertise/competencies
My research expertise mainly includes molecular biology, cancer biology, extracellular vesicles, and immunology, altogether focused on the development of novel therapeutic strategies that could overcome therapeutic resistance and induce tumor regression. I have extensive experience with cell culture techniques and animal models.
Faculty / Institute / Department
Faculty of Biology and Geology, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
Research center/group
Nanomedicine group
Research center/group website
Available major infrastructure
Guava Muse, Animal Facility, Cell culture Laboratory, Western Blot/Electrophoresis, Image Acquisition System Chemidoc, Low and High-Pressure Liquid Chromatography Systems, Lipid Nanoformulations preparation Infrastructure, Microplate Reader
Collaboration-based research services
Quantitation and characterization of biomolecules by spectrophotometry and spectrofluorimetry; In vitro: standard culture of tumor cell lines and of different primary cell types; Preparation and characterization of tumor-targeted nanoformulations; Immunodetection and quantitative protein determination by Western blot analysis, ELISA and protein array; Separation and purification of cell molecules by chromatographic methods; Nucleic acid separation and manipulation; Animal facility and handling of laboratory animals; Biostatistics and bioinformatics
Topics for collaboration
"Cancer research Extracellular vesicles in cancer Cancer Immunology Molecular Biology Drug development Glycobiology Biomarker discovery"
